Chelsea vs PSG team news: Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas return to line-up, Nemanja Matic benched
Interim manager Guus Hiddink makes four changes to the side which drew with Stoke City last weekend
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink has made four changes to his side for tonight's Champions League round of 16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas, who were rested during last weekend's 1-1 home draw with Stoke City, return to the starting line-up.
The pair take the places of Nemanja Matic and Saturday's goalscorer Bertrand Traore, who both drop to the bench.
Oscar will also sit among the substitutes with three-time Champions League winner Pedro preferred in the attacking midfield.
Kenedy starts at left-back in place of Baba Rahman in Hiddink's only other change.
Chelsea are hoping to overturn a 2-1 deficit in the second leg at Stamford Bridge and avoid elimination at the hands of the Ligue 1 leaders for the second successive season.
Line-ups
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Kenedy; Mikel, Fabregas; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Costa
Substitutes: Begovic, Baba, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Oscar, Traore, Remy
Paris Saint-Germain: Trapp, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Maxwell, Thiago Motta, Rabiot, Matuidi, Di Maria, Moura, Ibrahimovic
Substitutes: Sirigu, Augustin, Van Der Wiel, Stambouli, Kurzawa, Pastore, Cavani
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